Gradually they emerged as men.

Gradually, the Russian ruler emerged as a powerful, autocratic ruler, a tsar.

Gradually a defined, philandering character emerged from the strip, and on November 1, 1903, the Sunday feature evolved into Mr. Jack.

Gradually an industry consensus emerged that the original EJB specification's primary virtue — enabling transactional integrity over distributed applications — was of limited use to most enterprise applications, and the functionality delivered by simpler frameworks like Spring and Hibernate was more useful.

Gradually, in the early Middle Ages there emerged the massive Romanesque churches, which still kept the fundamental plan of the basilica.

Gradually, Friday's deadpan, fast-talking persona emerged, described by John Dunning as " a cop's cop, tough but not hard, conservative but caring.

Gradually there emerged a non-religious agricultural infrastructure based on peasant farming organized into manors, which were in turn organized for law and order by feudalism.

Gradually, the Cajun accordion emerged to share the limelight.

Gradually the Aghlabids lost control of the Arab forces in Sicily and a new dynasty, the Kalbids, emerged there.

Gradually, evidence accumulated on the exact underlying mechanism, and diagnostic tests for the condition emerged in the 1980s.

Gradually, a White racist alliance emerged.

Gradually the natives realised that the assassinated woman must have emerged as a Goddess who they called Manakkott Amma.

Gradually formalized types of artels emerged, with internal hierarchy and legal agreements.

Gradually the party moved from solely advocating a pro-Marathi ideology, to one supporting a broader Hindu nationalist agenda as it aligned itself with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Gradually the prime minister became an official function of government leader, taken by the political leader of the largest party.

Gradually, the protester factions won in influence in the party and Ludovic-Oscar Frossard was elected general secretary in October 1918.

Gradually, however, the relationship between the two parties declined, and Peters took his party out of the coalition.

Gradually, David Gamkrelidze and his friends realized that the ruling party did not actually care for their professionalism and commitment to the matters of national importance.

Gradually, the PCE and the PSUC started going in separate directions: PSUC became involved in Iniciativa per Catalunya ( IC ), and gradually ceased functioning as a separate party.

Gradually, however the party became more and more antagonistic toward the Comintern and the Soviet Union.

Gradually the party vanished.

Gradually, Flyg and his party developed a pro-Nazi position.

Gradually, all the members of both gangs assemble on either side of Tony's body, showing that the feud is over.

Gradually, Habyarimana reimposed many of his predecessor's policies favouring Hutu over Tutsi.

Gradually, the school grew with the community and opened college courses in June 1938, and Grades 5 to 7 in June 1940 to accommodate requests from parents all over Mindanao and Visayas.

Gradually Bismarck won over the middle class, reacting to the revolutionary sentiments expressed in 1848 by providing them with the economic opportunities for which the urban middle sectors had been fighting.

Gradually, over a time period of about one year, the tissue will turn from fibrous to scar-like.

Gradually the event was taken over by local residents, who dressed up as Gypsies and formed ' tribes '.

Gradually, Seddon became known along the West Coast as an advocate for miners ' rights and interests, and he was frequently consulted over various political issues.

Gradually over a period of many years he has explained the failure of his ideas in becoming universally accepted by the elaboration of psychotic thinking.

Gradually, Israeli society became more pluralistic, and the ' melting pot ' declined over the years.

Gradually, French control was established over much of Northern, Western, and Central Africa by the turn of the century ( including the modern nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo ), and the east African coastal enclave of Djibouti ( French Somaliland ).

Gradually evolving into a more polished band, Pavement recorded five full length albums and nine EPs over the course of their decade-long career, though they disbanded with some acrimony in 1999 as the members moved on to other projects.

Gradually, this idea of using the pomace left over from the wine-making process in order to produce a distilled spirit was passed to viticulturists in poorer regions of the whole country, which already used the distillation process for other purposes.

Gradually most of the OS was rewritten to be native, so the OS got faster over time.

Gradually over the next few years he dissipated his wealth and substance and destroyed his health.

Gradually over the next 3, 500 years, Leto not only survives but is transformed into a hybrid of human and giant sandworm.

Gradually over the next decades, members of the Club purchased land surrounding the original location to the perimeter of the basin in which it resides.

Gradually over the centuries, the verses of the Biblical Canticles were omitted ( except for the Magnificat ) and only the composed troparia were read, linked to the original canticles by an Irmos.

Gradually the subtitles became main titles ( whereas the PPV was not named In Your House: Fully Loaded but Fully Loaded: In Your House ), until regular named shows such as No Way Out, Backlash, and Judgment Day took over.

Gradually, over the years, the wet " tanking " process was replaced with the dry process, so that by the end of World War II, most rendering installations used the dry process.

Gradually, Byzantine influence — which was nominal at best — over the Latin cities of the coast faded away, being supplanted by that of Venice by 11th century AD.

Gradually, however, the Renault began to develop electronic injection problems, as teammate Arnoux had several laps earlier, and the Frenchman saw his lead over Rosberg begin to evaporate.

Gradually taking on the functions of a trade union over time, in 1969 the B of LF & E merged with three other railway labor organizations to form the United Transportation Union.

Gradually, over the ensuing years, volunteer visitors began to be supplanted by paid staff.

Gradually, this material came to dominate-particularly as other magazines were taken over and absorbed.